Startpage

Non-EuropeanSearch engines

Score

1/5

Non-European owner.

Startpage is a web search engine operated by Surfboard Holding BV in The Hague, Netherlands. Surfboard Holding BV is a subsidiary of System1, Inc., an American company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Startpage was launched in the Netherlands in 2006.

What we know

Owner

System1, Inc., United StatesNon-European

Listed, no controlling shareholder

Headquarters

Den Haag, NetherlandsEU

Available in

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam

European alternatives

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Ownership chain

  1. Startpage
  2. Surfboard Holding B.V.Brand ownerNetherlandsEU

Sources

  1. StartpageOwnership · 2 October 2026
  2. Exhibit 21.1 Subsidiaries of System1, Inc.System1, Inc. · Ownership · 2 October 2026
  3. Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025System1, Inc. · Ownership · 2 October 2026
  4. StartpageHeadquarters · 2 October 2026
  5. StartpageGeneral · 2 October 2026
  6. StartpageGeneral · 2 October 2026
  7. StartpageAvailability · 2 October 2026

Last verified on 2 October 2026.

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